F5 takes good care of its employees. Our benefits package is absolutely stellar (better than Microsoft's has ever been, especially our health insurance). Pay is comparable to other tech companies in the area.
The company culture is healthy, and the employees are all wonderful people. I'm approaching my 5-year anniversary at the company, and I'm very happy here.
My team specifically has had some management woes (several people in our management chain retired or left to work for non-profits in the span of 3 months), which were largely beyond the company's control. We recently got things back in order, and I'm happy with my team's new management.
Our family leave policy is quickly falling behind market trends. The current 2 weeks is very short, and increasing it to 4 weeks would go a very long way for new parents.
After the chat with the Senior Manager, I was invited onsite. The first two interviews went very well in the morning. I was able to answer all questions correctly. Then, lunch with the same Senior Manager and the same discussion. The next intervie
The interview process is longer than most other tech companies. There was 1 phone screen with the hiring manager about my current work and 1 algorithmic question. There were 8 onsite 1:1 interviews with a paper-based coding test. The paper-based co
I applied online and got a phone interview. After the interview, there was no response for more than a week. Then I got a call from a different team at F5 for another phone interview. I was then selected to go onsite, where they decided to interview
After the chat with the Senior Manager, I was invited onsite. The first two interviews went very well in the morning. I was able to answer all questions correctly. Then, lunch with the same Senior Manager and the same discussion. The next intervie
The interview process is longer than most other tech companies. There was 1 phone screen with the hiring manager about my current work and 1 algorithmic question. There were 8 onsite 1:1 interviews with a paper-based coding test. The paper-based co
I applied online and got a phone interview. After the interview, there was no response for more than a week. Then I got a call from a different team at F5 for another phone interview. I was then selected to go onsite, where they decided to interview